diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/components/appearanceSettingsTab.component.pug b/tabby-terminal/src/components/appearanceSettingsTab.component.pug
index a5975084..0e87e562 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/components/appearanceSettingsTab.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/components/appearanceSettingsTab.component.pug
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ h3.mb-3(translate) Appearance
             (ngModelChange)='config.save()',
         )
 
+    .form-line
+        .header
+            .title(translate) Minimum contrast ratio
+        input.form-control(
+            type='number',
+            min='1',
+            max='21',
+            step='0.5',
+            [(ngModel)]='config.store.terminal.minimumContrastRatio',
+            (ngModelChange)='config.save()'
+        )
+
     .form-line
         .header
             .title(translate) Fallback font
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
index bbcfaffa..1cd6b082 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/config.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class TerminalConfigProvider extends ConfigProvider {
             scrollbackLines: 25000,
             drawBoldTextInBrightColors: true,
             sixel: true,
+            minimumContrastRatio: 4,
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xterm.css b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xterm.css
index 21f9c016..c60099b7 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xterm.css
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xterm.css
@@ -17,18 +17,3 @@
     right: 1px;
     pointer-events: none;
 }
-
-.xterm-find-result-decoration {
-    box-sizing: content-box;
-
-    border-radius: 3px;
-    padding: 2px;
-    margin: -2px;
-    outline: 2px solid yellow;
-    backdrop-filter: contrast(2);
-}
-
-.xterm-find-active-result-decoration {
-    backdrop-filter: contrast(4);
-    outline-width: 2px !important;
-}
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index a944a5c7..41048962 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         this.xterm.options.drawBoldTextInBrightColors = config.terminal.drawBoldTextInBrightColors
         this.xterm.options.fontWeight = config.terminal.fontWeight
         this.xterm.options.fontWeightBold = config.terminal.fontWeightBold
+        this.xterm.options.minimumContrastRatio = config.terminal.minimumContrastRatio
         this.configuredFontSize = config.terminal.fontSize
         this.configuredLinePadding = config.terminal.linePadding
         this.setFontSize()
@@ -417,11 +418,12 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         return {
             ...searchOptions,
             decorations: {
-                matchOverviewRuler: '#cccc00',
+                matchOverviewRuler: '#888',
                 activeMatchColorOverviewRuler: '#ffff00',
-                matchBorder: '#cc0',
+                matchBorder: '#888',
+                matchBackground: '#888',
                 activeMatchBorder: '#ff0',
-                activeMatchBackground: 'rgba(255, 255, 0, 0.125)',
+                activeMatchBackground: '#ff0',
             },
         }
     }